NZ sitcom is a “love letter” to the Jewish community

Simone Nathan based her new sitcom Kid Sister on her own upbringing as a Jewish New Zealander

Simone Nathan isn’t trying to tell the story of Jews in 21st century New Zealand. Just one Jew, in one family in Auckland, trying to make her way in the world like anyone else.
Her new five-episode show Kid Sister, on TVNZ on Demand, is Aotearoa’s first TV show created by, and about a Jewish New Zealander.

Nathan, 30, calls the show her “love letter” to the New Zealand Jewish community she was raised in.

It’s the “loosely” autobiographical story of Lulu Emanuel, played by Nathan, hiding her long-term boyfriend Ollie (Paul Williams, her real-life boyfriend) from her parents who desperately want her to marry within the Jewish community.

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Photo: Filming in the Auckland Hebrew Congregation synagogue (Stuff)